--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "d9a7e52b4293657c560cf29d1e330dbc21352cdd1e1eda7bd0a75fbce4703c0b" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/d9a7e52b?lang=en" title: "Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-06T13:15:23.000Z" category: "Models" topics: ["llm","open-source"] source_urls: ["https://www.wired.com/story/mistral-new-model-le-chonk-open-source-china-us-frontier/","https://x.com/MistralAI/status/2107456586813730854","https://x.com/GuillaumeLample/status/2107461902909558833","https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2107467221421420919","https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2107471559040635360","https://x.com/petergostev/status/2107470641674801299","https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2107470704216048073","https://x.com/NielsRogge/status/2107463303991902635"] summary: "Mistral released a new trillion-parameter model called Le Chonk, aiming to demonstrate it remains competitive in building frontier-level artificial intelligence." --- # Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open\-Weight Offering Outside of China > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-06T13:15:23.000Z **Category:** Models **Topics:** llm, open\-source ## Summary Mistral released a new trillion\-parameter model called Le Chonk, aiming to demonstrate it remains competitive in building frontier\-level artificial intelligence\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()